The stuffed birds are the handiwork of 40 year old resident of Royam village,  Reena Mahato belonging to a backward class. She is oriented in needle work and stitching and has the knack of picking up any new art in the field. Reena uses recycled cloth to make the colourful birds as well as for the stuffing. She fetches wood, leaves, wild fruits from the forests, does all the household and farm chores, tends to the goats and then finds time to do her favourite handiwork.

35 year old Sanka Patra of Deoli Village has barely studied up to grade 5. However she excels in  clay work. The walls of her mud house is a treat for one’s eyes. She plasters the walls occasionally with vibrant vegetable colours and makes fascinating colourful borders, sometimes interspersed with pieces of mirror chips. She has made the terracotta beads/lockets in the bird hangings. She digs out the clay from a particular site, adds water and then leaves it to soften for few hours. Thereafter Sanka kneads the clay till it becomes pliable, after which she rolls out the beads, to be sun-dried for a day or two. She then fires the beads using dried paddy straw till it gets a brick–brown colour. High temperature turns the beads into a blackish tinge which cannot be reversed.  Sanka is adept in this art and creates a variety of terracotta shapes..